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The Hero of Ages

By: Brandon Sanderson
Narrated by: Michael Kramer
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Tricked into releasing the evil spirit Ruin while attempting to close the Well of Ascension, new emperor Elend Venture and his wife, the assassin Vin, are now hard-pressed to save the world.This adventure brings the Mistborn epic fantasy trilogy to a dramatic and surprising climax as Sanderson's saga offers complex characters and a compelling plot, asking hard questions about loyalty, faith and responsibility.

©2010 Dragonsteel Entertainment LLC (P)2011 Orion Publishing Group Limited

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A great end to a fantastic series

Mistborn is one of those series that gets better the further along the series you go.
Not because each book gets better and better.
But because with the knowledge of each book, you progress through the story with more information to process and consider what is happening. Things start to make sense and everything unfolds for you because Sanderson is a master of his craft.
Going back and rereading things let's you understand how he was crafting everything very purposefully from the start, and each nugget of information was placed so perfectly that when you go back to listen you can see he had a very clear vision of the story from the start.
Things in book 1 crack wide-open after revelations in book 3.
That is why I love this author, and his Cosmere writings. I am very much looking forward to seeing the wider Cosmere come together as more and more books are released.
Thank you Brandon, for everything you have done, and will continue to do.

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The World is Reborn

Excellent ending to a fantastic trilogy of books! I have enjoyed this journey Brandon sent us on.

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Just fantastic

I was hooked to this series from beginning to end. interesting turn of events. What a fantastic read

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Brilliant

I really enjoyed this book and the whole series! Kept me fixated. I really enjoyed the concept of “good and evil” not being exactly that, and how is as humans are flawed and complex as we war with thin ourselves with ruin and preservation.

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phenomenal

The quality of Brandon's writing and Michael's narration are simply phenomenal. What a book. Well done.

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Sweeping and Touching

5 stars all around. Wish it didn't have to end.
Great story, amazing narrator.
In a word: excellent.

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Pleasing 'til the very end

This was a ride and a half.
Captivating me, day after day.
I won't spoil anything.
Listen yourself.

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Great end to this trilogy

I thoroughly enjoyed the ride. Both the voice and author performed remarkably in this book. Highly recommended if you enjoyed the first book.

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Great Fantasy Adventure

Well worth getting to the end - great story telling and takes you away to a similar but different enough world to sell it. Great narrating too.

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My all time favorite trilogy MASTERPIECE

What can I say other than this book took my heart ❤️ and soul out of my body for a minute and they both came back. I have never read a book from the Beginning of a trilogy to the Ending of a trilogy that had the best character developments other than the MISTBORN trilogy. Furthermore the MAGIC SYSTEM is these books are so incredible so unique than any other books I’ve read before. And I love how we see each character develops over the course of these 3 books. For me I don’t have one favorite book in the trilogy there all my favorite. But I have to mention book 3 THE HERO OF AGES made me cry 😭 literally I felt like I was being ripped away and put back together again. The Ending was such a bittersweet, emotional moment. VIN,ELEND,SAZED 😍😭FAREWELL.

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